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資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Hum \Hum\, v. t.
1. To sing with shut mouth; to murmur without articulation;
to mumble; as, to hum a tune.
2. To express satisfaction with by humming.
3. To flatter by approving; to cajole; to impose on; to
humbug. [Colloq. & Low]
Hum \Hum\, n.
1. A low monotonous noise, as of bees in flight, of a swiftly
revolving top, of a wheel, or the like; a drone; a buzz.
The shard-borne beetle with his drowsy hums. --Shak.
2. Any inarticulate and buzzing sound; as:
(a) The confused noise of a crowd or of machinery, etc.,
heard at a distance; as, the hum of industry.
But 'midst the crowd, the hum, the shock of men.
--Byron.
(b) A buzz or murmur, as of approbation. --Macaulay.
3. An imposition or hoax.
4. [Cf. {Hem}, interj.] An inarticulate nasal sound or
murmur, like h'm, uttered by a speaker in pause from
embarrassment, affectation, etc.
THese shrugs, these hums and ha's. --Shak.
5. [Perh. so called because strongly intoxicating.] A kind of
strong drink formerly used. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
{Venous hum}. See under {Venous}.
Hum \Hum\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Hummed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Humming}.] [Of imitative origin; cf. G. hummen, D. hommelen.
[root]15.]
1. To make a low, prolonged sound, like that of a bee in
flight; to drone; to murmur; to buzz; as, a top hums. --P.
Fletcher.
Still humming on, their drowsy course they keep.
--Pope.
2. To make a nasal sound, like that of the letter m
prolonged, without opening the mouth, or articulating; to
mumble in monotonous undertone; to drone.
The cloudy messenger turns me his back, And hums.
--Shak.
3. [Cf. {Hum}, interj.] To make an inarticulate sound, like
h'm, through the nose in the process of speaking, from
embarrassment or a affectation; to hem.
4. To express satisfaction by a humming noise.
Here the spectators hummed. --Trial of the
Regicides.
Note: Formerly the habit of audiences was to express
gratification by humming and displeasure by hissing.
5. To have the sensation of a humming noise; as, my head
hums, -- a pathological condition.
Hum \Hum\, interj. [Cf. {Hem}, interj.]
Ahem; hem; an inarticulate sound uttered in a pause of speech
implying doubt and deliberation. --Pope.
資料來源 : WordNet®
hum
n 1: the state of being or appearing to be actively engaged in an
activity; "they manifested all the busyness of a pack of
beavers"; "there is a constant hum of military
preparation" [syn: {busyness}]
2: an Islamic fundamentalist group in Pakistan that fought the
Soviet Union in Afghanistan in the 1980s; now operates as
a terrorist organization primarily in Kashmir and seeks
Kashmir's accession by Pakistan [syn: {Harkat-ul-Mujahidin},
{Harkat ul-Ansar}, {HUA}, {Harkat ul-Mujahedeen}, {Al
Faran}, {Movement of Holy Warriors}]
3: a humming noise; "the hum of distant traffic" [syn: {humming}]
[also: {humming}, {hummed}]
hum
v 1: sing with closed lips; "She hummed a melody"
2: be noisy with activity; "This office is buzzing with
activity" [syn: {buzz}, {seethe}]
3: sound with a monotonous hum [syn: {thrum}]
4: make a low continuous sound; "The refrigerator is humming"
[also: {humming}, {hummed}]